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A nostalgic diner with a cool vibe, in business since 1944. The Avenue Diner maintains a loyal clientele, despite being unlicensed and open no later than 4 p.m. Located in the Yorkville and Annex area of downtown Toronto by Davenport Road and Avenue Road, it has an open setting that lets you see your meal being […]

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is in a great location and within walking distance from transport and most attractions in the Toronto city centre. The views are amazing too if you you have a view of the city hall. The room was spacious and the bed outstanding – the sleep quality was top marks!! The guest rooms […]

Air Rail Link – Toronto Pearson Airport Responds

After a recent post about poor transport links between the Toronto airport, I’m glad to report that there are confirmed plans to finally bridge the city and the airport, as Toronto Pearson Airport responds. New services will be introduced to move people more easily and comfortably to and from the airport. Toronto Pearson has been […]

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Casa Loma – North America’s only castle

North America’s only castle, Casa Loma, is a Gothic Revival style house and gardens in midtown Toronto, Canada, that is now a museum and landmark. Constructed over a three-year period from 1911–1914, and designed by the architect E. J. Lennox, Casa Loma took more than 300 men and approximately $3.5 million to complete. At 98 […]

VIA Rail Business Class

VIA Rail Business Class intercity trains from Toronto to London in the most comfortable and relaxed way. It was the first time I travelled by train anywhere in Canada when I planned a return visit to see family in London Ontario. When I was younger we used to drive between cities to celebrate Christmas with […]

Poor Transport Links for Toronto Airport

There are cities in the world you enjoy arriving, knowing that when you get there you’ll shuttle through and out of the airport efficiently on your way but there are poor transport links for Toronto Airport. In the case of Toronto Pearson International Airport, a visitor will struggle to find a cheap alternative to get […]

Eaton Centre

The Eaton Centre is Toronto‘s top tourist attraction with more than one million visitors per week. A multi-levelled, vaulted glass-ceiling shopping mall and office complex in downtown Toronto, Canada. Modelled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, and named after the now-defunct Eaton’s department store chain that once anchored it. Considered revolutionary at […]

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Toronto Winter 2015

While visiting family in Toronto over the Christmas period of December 2015, I had a play with my camera and some time-lapse features. Sadly, there was no snow during my stay and Christmas wasn’t a white one, however, freak weather meant this Christmas to be one of the warmest on record. It was a difficult […]

Blimey Summers, Scorching Canuks

As a fellow Canadian, I completely understand the hardships of weather patterns in Toronto Canada. In 2011 it’s proving to be an especially scorching summer, something that can’t be said about London England. In Toronto the swings of seasons are clear, hot summers, wet autumns, freezing winters and warm springs. Though ask any Canadian and […]

Fishbar

A few years after it first opened its doors, Fishbar on Ossington Street in Toronto still delivers a fine catch and selection of seafood tapas. The menu reinvents seafood with unique combinations of ingredients that break with tradition. Seafood enthusiasts are certain to taste something new here. The grilled sardines with balsamic reduction and mint pesto […]

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The Mendonca Family

The Mendonca Family day happens every return to Toronto, approximately every two years, united to see me and to see each other. Having edited this, it clearly demonstrated the wild and crazy nature of the Mendonca Family. It starts calm, but as each member arrives, it gets louder and crazier. I can’t complain, its family, […]

TORONTO 175TH BIRTHDAY

My home city of Toronto celebrates its 175th birthday, it continues to grow and show the world what a modern city is all about. At 175 years Toronto still remains one of the world’s youngest cities which celebrates global achievements such as the most multi-cultural city in the world as voted by the United Nations. Annual events […]

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Kensington Market

A visit to Kensington Market is like a sensory trip around the world. During the 1920s, it was known as the Jewish Market. Today, you can sense the city’s rich, multicultural mix, obvious in the shops packed with goods from Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South America and Asia. It’s also a treasure trove […]

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C’mon Toronto: why you should visit Canada’s largest city

C’mon Toronto, have a good time in this buzzing city on the shores of Lake Ontario, one of the largest fresh body of water in the world that resembles an ocean more than a lake. Over 40% of the people of Toronto are not native Canadians. Toronto has the third largest percentage of immigrants in the […]

TORONTO CALLING EXPATS

WHY TORONTO‘S EXPATS LEFT, AND HOW TO GET THEM BACK. Attracting ex-pats to return home ensures a brighter future for the city, a plan for the economic and future prospects of a growing city of Toronto. The number of Canadians abroad (including myself), 2.8 million according to a recent study, includes scores of bright Torontonians […]